A facility focused on advancing cell therapy research has opened in a space once occupied by a warehouse at Hamilton's McMaster Innovation Park (MIP). Re-purposed by Diamond Schmitt Architects, the $33 million project is a partnership...

Laurentian University's McEwen School of Architecture hosted a handful of members of the Canadian Architecture Certification Board (CACB) recently as it continues its push for accreditation.
Last year, the school received eligibility for CACB candidacy and are in the second...

The Town of Yarmouth has accepted a proposal for the design of a governance model for its proposed arts and culture centre.
At its March monthly meeting, town council approved a motion to accept the proposal from...

Over the past 10 years, Toronto has seen an explosion of high-rise construction. So much so that it seems every time you turn the corner a massive new skyscraper has taken the place of a parking lot.
Some of these new...

Construction has launched on Tour des Canadiens 3 (TDC3), the third phase of a project in downtown Montréal's new Quad Windsor neighbourhood. Designed by IBI Group with Béïque Legault Thuot Architectes, the 53-storey residential building is slated to house...

The Vancouver headquarters for an award-winning communications software company repurposes an industrial warehouse building in Vancouver's historical Yaletown district. As a rapidly growing communications-software startup, the client's technology aims to revolutionize the...

Last month, Markham unveiled its newest public space, the Aaniin Community Centre and Library. The 125,000-square-foot complex features a collection of sparkling facilities, including a two-floor library, an aquatics centre and a decked-out...

A uniquely designed building could soon be constructed in Kelowna.
Local firm New Town Services has submitted a development proposal for a 15-storey, 34 unit, "Jenga" inspired mixed-use building. "The local developer's family have been a part of the Okanagan for decades...

In 1985, when architectural journalist Patricia McHugh released the first edition of her encyclopedic Toronto Architecture: A City Guide, the old industrial and residential neighbourhoods near the downtown core were still in decline and,...

John Stephenson, OAA, MRAIC, has been elected as the president of the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) for a second one-year term.
Stephenson is a founding partner of FORM Architecture Engineering, one of the largest architectural practices in Northwestern Ontario....

In the early morning flurry, snow kisses the brick path and covers the nubby face of the concrete walls as I walk through a narrow passage between two walls studded with stones.
I emerge beneath the rhythmic shadows of...

As her cab inched through traffic, past the cacophony of larger-than-life digital signs in and around Yonge-Dundas Square, Kim Storey's jaw dropped.
"Oh my God. Look at that," she said as she came face to face with the new 15-metre,...